Intrapreneur Academy

INTRAPRENEUR ACADEMY: LAUNCHED

While NewBoCo is known for entrepreneurship, we’d like to introduce you to a different type of idea creator: an Intrapreneur. Intrapreneurs embody an innovative mindset and entrepreneurial spirit while working inside an established company to drive meaningful change.

Intrapreneur Academy is a new training program to identify and support intrapreneurs. This year-long academy for cross-functional teams will include trainings, events, tours, and guest speakers through themed quarterly opportunities. We are excited that 6 local organizations are sending teams through our inaugural cohort.

If you’d like to learn more, or discuss how academy can help infuse innovation in your organization and accomplish your objectives for the coming year, please email Mandy Webber or complete the form below. We will open another cohort later this year in October.

I want to be a local leader and support my organization’s intrapreneurs:

FAQ

In order for innovation to be repeatable and sustainable, companies need to build a culture that embraces experimentation and rapid iteration. There are numerous resources to guide startups through this process, but the same doesn’t exist for established organizations that are larger and further along.

Shifting a large organization’s strategy and mindset to be better able to capitalize on innovative new marketplace opportunities is a huge challenge that realistically takes years and continues indefinitely. It’s far easier for a startup to become innovative simply because they’re smaller and have fewer established practices.

That’s why we’re launching Intrapreneur Academy, designed to help companies get a baseline pulse on where their efforts are today and how we can help them move the needle. We want local companies to thrive in the face of upcoming economic changes, and in order to do that, they need to learn how to be innovative.

The good news is that Intrapreneur Academy from NewBoCo qualifies as training for your existing employees! Your company may already have experience with 260F and how that works, but if you aren’t already aware, you can learn more at this website.

This is a program that Kirkwood administers, so if anyone has questions about using 260F to reduce the cost of Intrapreneur Academy, please feel free to reach out to:Doris MetzOperations Coordinator | Kirkwood Training & Outreach Services1770 Boyson Rd | Hiawatha IA 52233Office: 319-398-5691 | Fax: 319-398-5698 | Email: dmetz@kirkwood.edu

Each quarter, Innovation Academy participants will dive deep into a different competency with workshops, networking groups, local immersive tours, and events. Quarters will cover our four key components of high performance, innovative organizations: Agile, Methods, Culture, and Strategy.

Six local organizations have joined our inaugural cohort. The ideal size cohort is 5-8 organizations sending around 25 people through to maximize best practice sharing.

If you are interested in joining our next cohort, please email innovation@newbo.co – the cohort will begin this coming October.

When we start working with a group interested in Intrapreneur Academy, one of their first questions is always about who to send through the program. While there’s no one size fits all solution for how to pick your team (just like there’s no one sort of organization that’s right for Intrapreneur Academy), we’ve identified qualities necessary for success on both an individual and team basis. You can read more about that here.

For more information about this or any of these programs, schedule a meeting with Mandy Webber, our Director of Innovation, at mandy@newbo.co

About Mandy Webber: Mandy joined NewBoCo in March 2017 and has led the launch of a corporate innovation program to support existing organizations develop a culture that fuels innovation by embracing experimentation and rapid iteration. Mandy has innovation and Agile certifications including: Edward DeBono 6 Thinking Hats, Innovation Games Black Belt, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO).